Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-19
MANCHESTER NEWS.
M1EfIKa OF YHI HUsfIHGsc0uRT
GRAND JURY.
No Indictments fuckers Case Contin'
ued-Examination Of Teachers
Personal and Other Items.

grand jury had to be summoned. This
body met promptly at 10 o'clock, and
Mr. Frederick A. Lamb was chosen
foreman. Judge Ingram delivered a
charge which was listened to attentively
both by members of the grand
jury and the large number OF
spectators present, in which he re-
ierred to the criminal laws in which
Judges are required to instruct all regu-
lar grand juries. He further congratu-
lated the city upon the good erder
maintained by its citizens, especially
| the observance of the Sunday-liquor
law. and called attention, as he stated
he always intended to do, to the laws
against carrying concealed weapons,
| selling liquor to minors and on Sun
day. and announced his determination
as far as in his power lies to prevent
then violation.
NO INDICTMENTS.
The grand jury. when the charge
had been concluded, retired, but there
being not q single matter to engage
their attention they returned to the
courtroom and were adjourned for the
term.
The Commissioner of the Revenue
is required by law to report at the
July term all persons doing business
| for which licenses are required who
have not paid their license-taxes. There
were none OF these reported. Many
of the merchants were slower this year
than usual settling up in this line, but
all Of them did so in time to save being
presented.
The court was in session for a short
while and heard few small chancery
cases, after which it adjourned over
until this morning. The court will
probably not be in session more than a
few days, as there is small docket and
the weather is so exceedingly oppres-
siye.
THE TUCKER CASE CONTINUED.
At the request of counsel on both
sides the case Of Tucker Us. the city,
for $4,000 damages, was continued
until the next quarterly term OF the
court, which begins the 18th of Octo-
Der. The continuance was asked be-
cause several gentlemen engaged as
counsel were indisposed and did not
feel equal to the tax of going into the
trial of so tedious a case in such swell
tering weather. Messrs. David l..
Pulliam and Edgar Allan represent
the plaintiff, and Clty-Attorney Clopton
has associated with him Mr.. c. V.
Meredith, City Attorney Of Richmond.
As will lie well remembered by the
readers of the Dispatch, nearly year
ago colored man, named Tucker, while
walking out Fourteenth street on dark
night fell into Blanton & Jones's brick
ward. which had been excavated to the
edge of the street, and received injn-
ries from which it is alleged he died.
Claiming the city to be liable for dam
ages, it having permitted this exca-
yating to be done, fuckers son and
executor instituted suit. A like suit
has been instituted in the Chesterfield
Circuit Court, which has concurrent
jurisdiction with the Manchester Hust-
ings Court, against the proprietors OF
the brickyard. There has been some
talk of removing this case to Man
chester.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
Supe perintendent Maurice yesterday
examined the applicants for positions
as teachers in the public schools OF
this city. The examination OF whites
took place at the High-School build
ing in the forenoon, lasting from few
minutes after 8 until shortly before Il
o'clock. All of the old teachers who
desired reelection, several OF the
graduates of the past few sessions, and
one young lady of Chesterfield. were
present. The examination embraced
about seven studies and twenty ques-
tons, many of these, of course, com
biningreally more than one. The colored
applicants were examined at the colored'
school building, on Eighth street be.
tween Perry and Porter, in the after
noon. The heat was intense, and Su-
perintendent Maurice's days work was
by no means an enviable one. The
School Board will elect teachers at It's
next meeting, to be held Tuesday night
the 26th.
That teachers of experience have to
stand annual examinations is great
hardship, and by it they are subjected
to much unnecessary trouble. Ii has
been the practice here for years until
last year that graduates of the High
School should be given teachers
certificates, which would be re-
newed from year to year. This
is intended to censure no one ;
but TO point out an evil to eliminate
which proper steps should be taken.
! In Richmond the graduates of the High
School have no teachers examination
to stand, but are licensed on their
| diplomas. The same law that ap-
plies to the schools there ap-
plies to those here. The teach
ers of Chesterfield, many Of whom
have had years of experience, have to
be re-examined next month, and some
of them have to go ten or twenty miles
to reach the courthouse, where the ex-
animation takes place.
| 10 EXAMINE hlCHMOND > DOlLllNbos
The Manchester School Board will
meet at Sweeney's stable, on Tenth
street near Cary, in Richmond, at 4
o'clock this afternoon, where they will
take a pic nic wagon. and under the
care of Mr.. Rady, clerk and supervisor
of the Richmond School Board, make
a tour of inspection OF the public
school buildings of our sister city.
This is done that the members Of the
board may acquaint themselves with
what will be needed to make as near
perfect as possible the two new
buildings proposed to be erect
ed here at an early day. One
of these buildings, with capacity
| of 800, will be for the white, and the
other to accommodate 400 colored
| scholara A resolution is now pending
before the Finance Committee of the
Council appropristing money for
this purpose, and it is desired
| that when the appropriation is
made the Council may be in receipt OF
all the information from the board as to
what amount will be needed, &c, &c
| TIE buildings will probably be erected
under the supervision of joint COM
mittee from the Council and board.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Or. John S. Tompkins, resident ply
-, of Hollins lnstit1tp aud wife